ELINT News is reporting:
#BREAKING: Initial reports of Syrian Air Defence Forces downing an unidentified aerial target near the Golan Heights
— ELINT News (@ELINTNews) December 25, 2018
#BREAKING: Explosions reported in Damascus and surrounding areas as Syrian Air Defences engage multiple targets. Sources report S-200 launches over the Syrian-Lebanese border and other videos show Israeli warplanes dropping heat balloons in the same areas https://t.co/NyvixNCNPQ
— ELINT News (@ELINTNews) December 25, 2018
Video:
Air defence currently in action #Damascus #Syria pic.twitter.com/sBZZpeds9L
— G (@SyrianLionesss) December 25, 2018
More information from China Xinhua News:
Syrian air defenses were triggered on Tuesday evening to what appears to be a missile attack around the capital Damascus, state TV reported.
From The Times of Israel:
Syria said it deployed its air defenses against “enemy targets” near Damascus Tuesday night, in what was alleged to be an Israeli airstrike.
Syria’s state run news agency SANA said its air defenses had intercepted the enemy targets.
Videos shared on social media purported to show missiles being fired from near Damascus into the night sky.
There was no immediate comment from Israeli authorities.
Main Image Credit: AP